National Portrait Gallery director Dr Nicholas Cullinan said: “From Hilliard and Oliver’s jewel-like 16th and 17th Century portrait miniatures from the courts of Elizabeth I and James I, to Martin Parr’s witty, surprising and ingenious photographs which reveal the eccentricities of modern life with affection and insight, these two exhibitions tell us much about this country – then and now.”

– Only Human: Photographs by Martin Parr, opens on March 7th 2019, and Elizabethan Treasures: Miniatures By Hilliard And Oliver on February 21st, 2019.